Lots of good news! Harold is back with us and feeling MUCH MUCH better...even had cake and ice cream with us tonight... It's also Dan Kelley's birthday.... so we celebrated with singing, singing cards, gifts of sporks, etc.
We finished our week of work today--Fran Daly and Tom MacInnes stayed at the house they were working at all week till 8 tonight to finish the plumbing that they began on Monday. Amazing! The rest of us made incredible progress at the houses we worked at and we've all been amazed at how much of a difference our blood, sweat and tears made. I've also been amazed at how God's been working in our midst in so many ways--the obvious being the physical healing he gave to Harold. But the Lord was also at work in our group in uniting us as his body, giving us endurance to work in the hot hot hot weather, and showing us the importance of being his hands and feet in the world. Clyde, our Lagniappe staff leader working at the site I was at all week, left us with this parting exhortation as we wrapped up our week: there are mini Katrinas happening in every part of the country every day and we can all do something back at our homes that is just as important and hopeful as the work we did this week. It's definitely gotten me thinking about what the mini Katrinas are in our neck of the woods and what part I should play in them.
-Jes Kelley
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